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Eternal vigilance is the condition, not only of liberty, but of everything which as civilized men we hold dear.

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In one sense freedom is always in crisis, just as beauty is, and honor and truth-all those things which man has made for himself as a garment against the ever-present blasts of the barbarian spirit,

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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August Heckscher II

August Heckscher II

Born: September 16, 1913
Died: April 5, 1997 (aged 83)
Bio: August Heckscher II was an American public intellectual and author whose work explored the American liberalism of political leaders including Woodrow Wilson. He was the grandson of capitalist August Heckscher. He served as President John F.
Known for:
  1. Woodrow Wilson: A Biography (1991)
  2. When LaGuardia was mayor (1978)
  3. These are the days <1935 : 1936>
  4. Woodrow Wilson (1991)

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